Distance from Shanghai to Stockholm
Shanghai (China) and Stockholm (Sweden) are 7,765 km apart — that's 4,825 miles or 4,193 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 7,765 km · 4,825 mi · 4,193 nmi
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Stockholm
- 328° (NNW)
- Initial bearing Stockholm → Shanghai
- 62° (ENE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 9 h 48 min
- Time zones
- Shanghai UTC+08:00 · Stockholm UTC+02:00 (-6 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 411 min — the sun rises earlier in Shanghai
Flight time is a cruise-speed approximation (no routing/wind); driving distance depends on roads and is typically 20–40% longer than great-circle.
The two cities
- Shanghai
- 31.2222, 121.4581
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 21:43 UTC / 09:52 UTC
- Stockholm
- 59.3294, 18.0687
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 04:34 UTC / 16:48 UTC
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Distances here are straight-line (great-circle). Road routes typically run 1.2–1.4× longer — here's why, with the visual.